EU-27: Bovine slaughtered (tons)

This page contains the data on the tons of Bovine Slaughtered in the European Union, in terms of carcass weight. The data are collected on a monthly basis and divided by EU country.

In addition to providing complete and accurate information, the page aims to rightly place Italy within the European context and to encourage the comparison with the other main producing countries of bovines meat.

The first two graphs highlight the share of the single Countries on the total slaughterings of in EU-27, and the the main changes that occurred during the current year.

The tables below report the annual and monthly data on slaughters in EU countries: to obtain the monthly data, simply click on the chosen year in the table header;to access further details on each country, click on the country of interest.

Furthermore, the following entries are made available for the European Union and for each country:

VIEW SLAUGHTERS
in number of heads
  • To view the monthly data, click on the chosen year on the table header
  • To access further details for each Country, click on the Country of interest.
EU-27: Bovine Slaughtered ( Tons)
Country 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024 2025 Var % Period
Austria 229.600 218.370 213.750 210.120 204.560 203.470 130.440 127.850 -2,0% Jan - Aug '25
Belgium 263.760 254.520 247.140 238.140 240.170 249.420 186.010 170.540 -8,3% Jan - Sep '25
Bulgaria 5.490 6.240 7.110 7.040 6.980 7.400 4.580 5.100 +11,4% Jan - Aug '25
Cyprus 5.620 4.650 5.900 5.500 5.050 5.630 3.630 3.380 -6,9% Jan - Aug '25
Croatia 45.430 43.370 43.180 41.230 41.180 42.480 27.550 27.680 +0,5% Jan - Aug '25
Denmark 124.600 121.200 122.200 119.000 117.720 115.370 75.620 73.550 -2,7% Jan - Aug '25
Estonia 8.570 8.910 8.700 8.380 7.660 7.390 5.430 5.170 -4,8% Jan - Sep '25
Finland 87.180 86.510 85.670 83.980 85.390 86.510 63.700 58.720 -7,8% Jan - Sep '25
France 1.428.470 1.434.590 1.424.330 1.361.320 1.301.430 1.298.540 966.770 940.040 -2,8% Jan - Sep '25
Germany 1.106.000 1.090.000 1.072.050 987.470 997.480 1.009.430 656.770 606.590 -7,6% Jan - Aug '25
Greece 33.460 34.710 33.030 35.540 35.670 32.460 21.910 22.260 +1,6% Jan - Aug '25
Ireland 619.810 633.390 594.510 621.430 599.530 602.580 443.450 411.570 -7,2% Jan - Sep '25
Italy 779.810 732.270 747.880 747.230 619.860 659.120 427.040 435.700 +2,0% Jan - Aug '25
Latvia 14.780 14.510 15.530 14.530 16.430 15.390 10.150 9.290 -8,5% Jan - Aug '25
Lithuania 42.450 41.750 43.700 42.300 43.130 42.200 27.540 24.930 -9,5% Jan - Aug '25
Luxembourg 10.200 10.240 10.500 9.720 9.510 9.380 6.820 6.860 +0,6% Jan - Sep '25
Malta 1.020 1.160 1.040 1.030 1.090 1.160 810 990 - Jan - Sep '25
Netherlands 424.310 432.850 429.650 421.520 437.400 433.330 286.130 255.150 -10,8% Jan - Aug '25
Poland 560.470 559.400 555.120 540.600 514.710 637.400 419.690 419.720 +0,0% Jan - Aug '25
Portugal 92.040 97.790 102.990 103.780 98.430 101.750 68.550 63.840 -6,9% Jan - Aug '25
Czech Republic 72.890 72.520 72.560 68.580 70.230 68.850 44.640 43.830 -1,8% Jan - Aug '25
Romania 43.550 32.200 36.190 35.620 31.470 35.340 21.340 27.030 +26,7% Jan - Aug '25
Slovakia 8.270 7.940 9.030 7.780 7.230 7.010 4.550 4.140 -9,0% Jan - Aug '25
Slovenia 35.740 36.510 37.560 36.060 33.250 31.940 19.200 18.220 -5,1% Jan - Aug '25
Spain 695.190 677.750 717.890 731.540 697.840 718.460 544.240 528.940 -2,8% Jan - Sep '25
Sweden 139.670 141.010 135.800 135.240 138.180 139.530 90.160 80.590 -10,6% Jan - Aug '25
Hungary 29.750 28.080 28.930 25.690 23.210 22.510 14.280 19.270 +34,9% Jan - Aug '25
TOTAL EU 6.908.130 6.822.440 6.801.940 6.640.370 6.384.790 6.584.050 4.316.720 4.148.210 -3,9% Jan - Aug '25
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -1,2% -0,3% -2,4% -3,8% +3,1%      
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Source: Eurostat

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